VII- Extensive list of conditions and situations that are known to benefit from use of MLD for typical clients with healthy lymph system, scars, sprain, surgery, migrane; edema, lymphedema, more. VIII-Conditions that pose potential risk of harm to clients with compromised lymph system, circulation, malignancies that limit MLD; modifications of MLD to accommodate relative contraindications.

Types and causes of primary and secondary edemas, development of and stages of lymph-edema, venous insufficiency, low and high protein edemas, blood pressure, thrombosis, more.

Fluid transport role of MLD on lymph, analgesic effect, smooth muscle, capillary response, nervous system effects, skin galvanic changes, humoral and cellular immune response, more.

Behavior of tissues, component cells, transit stretch and ground substance, inertia, congestion effects, Starling's research, function and role of LCT, solution and gel states of interstitial mass.

Details hierarchy of lymph system elements from smallest vessels to largest vessels, angions, nodes, ducts; functions of lymph nodes, fluid volumes and blood to tissue to lymph cycle, more.

Filtration and absorption of proteins, fats, wastes, fluids, through circulatory system, tissues, and lymph vessels; role of blood pressure, tissue pressure, osmotic & oncotic pressures, more.

Organization of the lymph system, nomenclature, direction of flows, terminus, drainage paths, location of nodes and clusters, ducts, organ drainage, limbs, trunk, legs, head and neck, more.

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